McCallie’s Jamaal Calvin (12) drives past Baylor defenders during the championship final of the Best of Preps basketball tournament Saturday at Chattanooga State.McCALLIE 63, BAYLOR 57Baylor 15 16 14 12 — 57McCallie 16 17 12 18 — 63Baylor (57) — Clay Born 14, Matt Clendenen 18, Maum 2, Upshaw 8, Lupas 4, Bowens 6, Linehart 1, Seaberg 4.McCallie (63) — Fritz 4, Jorden Williams 12, Jacobs 7, Jamaal Calvin 28, Couch 2, Alford, Alex Clark 10.3-point goals: Baylor 6 (Born 2, Bowens 2, Clendenen, Upshaw); McCallie 8 (Calvin 6, Williams 2). Other highlights: Clendenen 10 r; Born 4a; Gage Upshaw 3 a (B). Nick Jacobs 9 r; Calvin 4 s (M). Records: McCallie 6-4; Baylor 7-3.
Boys BracketWith about five minutes remaining in the Times Free Press Best of Preps boys’ championship game Saturday night, McCallie guard Jamaal Calvin told himself that no one – not rival Baylor, not officials, not anybody – was going to take the game away from the Blue Tornado.
Calvin scored 28 points, 10 in the final 4:26, as the Blue Tornado ended the game on a 13-2 run and repeated their title with a 63-57 victory at Chattanooga State.
Calvin gave his team the lead for good with a 3-pointer from 30 feet out in transition with 3:24 remaining. He finished 6-for-12 from 3-point range and added four steals.
“It’s nice to know that I can just let it go,” he said. “I like taking that shot, but I knew how Baylor’s defense was once you got around the arc, so I pulled when I saw an opportunity.”